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SAVANNAHHOOPER23 · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

A 27-year-old woman is receiving treatment at an outpatient mental health clinic. She has been severely depressed since her husband and infant daughter were killed in a car accident.

She cannot remember any events immediately before or after the accident and reports that she occasionally has trouble recalling her own name and other personal information. This pattern most likely represents which of the following disorders?
A) Dissociative fugue
B) Dissociative amnesia
C) Post-traumatic stress disorder
D) Depersonalization disorder

Question 2

Regularly scheduled therapy sessions are integral to the treatment plans for all clients requiring psychiatricmental health care.

Which of the following rationales explains why regular appointments are especially important for clients with somatoform disorders?
A) They are important to monitor for suicidal ideation.
B) They are important to keep the client accountable for his or her actions.
C) They are important to monitor the client's physical health.
D) They are important to reduce the likelihood of symptom exacerbation.

steff9894 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Ans: B
Feedback:
Dissociative amnesia is characterized by loss of memory that is not organic and involves an inability to recall events or facts too extensive to be labeled as mere forgetfulness.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: D
Feedback:
The care coordinator works with the client over time and establishes and maintains a regular schedule of therapy sessions. He or she does so to decrease the client's need to develop more physical symptoms to ensure that his or her needs are met.